Copy output of a JavaScript variable to the clipboard (multi-line)

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This question is very similar to the following question posted here Copy output of a JavaScript variable to the clipboard , but there are a few things unanswered, which i cant figure out. This approach works, but my test var is actually a string on multiple lines, because it contains a few html tags and once copied, each tag with information must appear separate on a line. However once i copy it, on the clipboard this gets copied all in 1 line. How can i modify this in order to copy it properly on multiple lines?

testingVarTest(testvar);

function testingVarTest(testvar) {
    var dummy = document.createElement("input");
    document.body.appendChild(dummy);
    dummy.setAttribute("id", "dummy_id");
    document.getElementById("dummy_id").value=testvar;
    dummy.select();
    document.execCommand("copy");
    document.body.removeChild(dummy);
}

inputs do not have new lines. So use a textarea? – epascarello Oct 29 '18 at 13:42 — epascarello, Oct 29 '18 at 13:42
Omg tnx man. I missed this detail. This works perfectly. – Knightwalker Oct 29 '18 at 13:47 — Knightwalker, Oct 29 '18 at 13:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:48

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As said in the comments, an input doesn't have line breaks, so just replace input with textarea in your code

answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:48

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